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* New "top-level" access to Decluttering methods (GLSW, EPO, EMM) through "Clutter" control in Analysis window
* New "top-level" access to Decluttering methods (GLSW, EPO, EMM) through "Clutter" control in Analysis window
* Revised Workspace Browser with improved features and look
* Revised Workspace Browser with improved features and look
* Automatic [http://www.eigenvector.com/eigenguide.php?m=Report_Writer model report generator]]
* Automatic [http://www.eigenvector.com/eigenguide.php?m=Report_Writer model report generator]
* Orthogonalized PLS models (compare to O-PLS)
* Orthogonalized PLS models (compare to O-PLS)
* NPLS (multiway PLS) now available in GUI
* NPLS (multiway PLS) now available in GUI

Revision as of 21:39, 20 September 2010

Version 6.0 of PLS_Toolbox and Solo was released in October, 2010.

For general product information, see PLS_Toolbox Product Page. For information on Solo, see Solo Product Page.

(back to Release Notes PLS Toolbox and Solo)

NEW FEATURES

Model Building

  • New "top-level" access to Decluttering methods (GLSW, EPO, EMM) through "Clutter" control in Analysis window
  • Revised Workspace Browser with improved features and look
  • Automatic model report generator
  • Orthogonalized PLS models (compare to O-PLS)
  • NPLS (multiway PLS) now available in GUI
  • Non-linear modeling with polynomial transformations
  • Added new and novel "contrast" option to MCR-ALS
  • Automatic calibration subset selection tool
  • RMSEP reported as a function of LVs
  • Scripting Language for user scripting and 3rd party product control

Ease-of-Use Features

  • Class symbols in plots completely customizable
  • Allow plotting of loadings in original units (with preprocessing undone)
  • Regression error bars can be turned on and off
  • Automatic augmentation of calibration set from validation data
  • Clustering - class and label information available in "mouse-over" of dendrogram
  • New interface and object for database queries

Functionality Improvements

  • Improved SVM performance
  • Improved model cache performance
  • Improved automated initial guesses for MCR
  • Better compatibility between boxplot and Mathworks-related functions
  • Streamlined interface menus
  • User-adjustable pane sizes in primary interfaces
  • Improved model and prediction information in Analysis window
  • SPC reader performance improved
  • XML writer - significant speed improvements

Documentation

  • Significant documentation enhancements including new "getting started" guide and how-to movies

PLS_Toolbox-Only Enhancements

  • Improved PLS_Toolbox installer
  • Varimax rotations on standard model structures (PLS_Toolbox only)
  • Crossval now accepts model as input (automatic population of results)
  • Cluster.m -allow access to raw sample-to-sample distance matrix (distances)
  • Exteriorpts.m -improved performance


NEW FUNCTIONS AND FILES

cov_cv - Estimation of a regularized inverse covariance matrix.
evridir - Locate and or create EVRI home directory.
polytransform - Add polynomial and cross terms to data matrix.
reducennsamples - Select a subset of samples by removing nearest neighbors.
reportwriter - Write a summary of the analysis including associated figures to html/word/powerpoint.
symbolstyle - Interface to modify class symbols.